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Fifteen members of the 2015 class of Leadership Evergreen began learning about their community this past weekend.

Meeting at the Hiwan Homestead Museum, the classmates got to know one another as they focused on the history of Evergreen at the beginning session.

Evergreen historian Barbara Sternberg and Linda Kirkpatrick, a founding member of Leadership Evergreen, made presentations along with Dick Wulf, former director of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, and Dan Lincoln, a community activist whose family owns Willow Creek Restaurant.

It took more than four hours to pull the 2,000-pound ATV that sank into Evergreen Lake last Thursday morning from the water, said Marc Rosenberg of the Evergreen Metropolitan District, who oversaw the salvage operation on Friday.

A candlelight vigil honoring Greg Henika will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Evergreen High School football field, hosted by Blue Spruce Kiwanis and the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.

Henika, 67, died Thursday after the ATV fitted with a plow that he was driving fell through the ice on Evergreen Lake. He was rescued about 35 minutes after he went into the water Thursday morning and taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. He was pronounced dead that afternoon.

Local residents are planning a tribute to Greg Henika, who died Thursday after the ATV he was driving fell through the ice on Evergreen Lake, on Sunday evening.
A thread on Facebook said people would gather and light candles to honor Henika and his family. The location and time are yet to be determined.

Henika, an Idledale resident, was clearing the ice of snow for the Evergreen Ice Golf Tournament, which he founded. The tournament, which has been canceled, was scheduled for Sunday.

An Idledale man died Thursday after the ATV he was using to groom Evergreen Lake fell through the ice.

Greg Henika, 67, was pulled from the water about 10 a.m. by a rescue diver, according to Doug Saba of Evergreen Fire/Rescue. The ATV that Henika was driving broke through the ice about 9:35 a.m., and people nearby called 911.

Henika was pronounced dead at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, where he had been taken by helicopter, said Gordon Johnson, a deputy coroner for Jefferson County. An autopsy will be performed, Johnson said.

Jeffco’s charter schools saw significantly greater enrollment growth than district-managed schools in the last year, and advocates say that greater availability of choice, high academic expectations and options for home-schoolers are responsible.